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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 18 of 98

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 Nov 2014

The sentimentality and Hollywoodized convenience of the storytelling prevent this mostly admirable film from achieving the escape velocities…

Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Hope is the thing with feathers, but 'Birdman' is the thing that requires feathers, tantrums, corridors, dressing rooms, digital effects, prowling…

Review of Pumpkinhead (1988)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

A last hurrah for the type of on-camera, practical monster effects that would soon go the way of the dinosaur, extinguished by the asteroid…

Review of A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Rough-hewn and weary, Liam Neeson brings his very particular set of acting skills to the role of Matthew Scudder in this dark mystery thriller…

Review of Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

A portrait of life in all its ' dirty, rotten, gallin' ' unfairness and uncertainty…

Review of Motel Hell (1980)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

The movie is slapsticky and obvious, but it includes one genuinely nightmarish concept: Vincent and Ida cultivate a secret garden of moaning…

Review of Horns (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Harry Potter is transformed into a horny devil (literally) in this horror movie with a comedic edge to match its title pair of satanic growths…

Review of Citizenfour (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Whether you consider Snowden a traitor or hero or something in between, the movie is striking in its immediacy and access and terrifying in…

Review of Teenage (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Arty yet superficial treatment of provocative subject matter…

Review of Squirm (1976)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

The Fibber-McGee's-worst-nightmare scene in which a closet door is opened to reveal a floor-to-ceiling block of worms that cascades over the…

Review of Birdman (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Hope is the thing with feathers, but 'Birdman' is the thing that requires feathers, tantrums, corridors, dressing rooms, digital effects, prowling…

Review of Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1995)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Most notable for a cast that includes Soleil Moon Frye, the former Punky Brewster, as a spooky teenager ('This stuff is way beyond Ouija boards,…

Review of A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Although hardly 'Blazing Saddles,' the movie is pretty funny when it depicts the Old West as a place of such 'general depressing awfulness…

Review of Keep On Keepin' On (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2014

Your mind is a powerful asset,' Terry tells Kauflin early in the film, and we realize this is a man who creates the 'happiest sound in jazz…

Review of Dear White People (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Oct 2014

The hypocrisies, contradictions, tensions and opportunities of what naively has been described as the 'post-racial' America of the Obama era…

Review of St. Vincent (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Oct 2014

A showcase for a slobby star and sloppy sentiment, 'St…

Review of The Maze Runner (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Oct 2014

One of the best of the current spate of Young Adult novel-inspired dystopian teen dramas…

Review of The Best of Me (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Oct 2014

Dawson is called a white trash piece of (poo) by his own daddy, which is rich, because daddy -- a low-rent bayou criminal with a mean dog on…

Review of The Signal (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Oct 2014

Much more elaborate than the typical example of 'Sundance science fiction…

Review of Fury (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Oct 2014

With its 'Greatest Generation' context, 'Fury' offers a way for Ayer to legitimize his signature carnage and to reach audiences unsympathetic…

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John Beifuss has written reviews for:

Chicago Sun-Times (7,580)
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